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Cellophane

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition

Cellophane Trade name for the first of the transparent, non‐porous films, made from wood pulp (cellulose), patented in 1908 by the Swiss chemist Jacques‐Edwin Brandenburger; waterproof cellophane for food wrapping was developed by Du Pont in 1926. Still widely used for wrapping foods and other commodities.

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